diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52b89e57c0959..871552fcf8657 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - [BWC and API enforcement] Introduce checks for enforcing the API restrictions ([#11175](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11175))
 - Create separate transport action for render search template action ([#11170](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11170))
 - Add additional handling in SearchTemplateRequest when simulate is set to true ([#11591](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11591))
+- Add option to set user for test cluster to perform health checks during run with security enabled ([#11641](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11641))
 
 ### Dependencies
 - Bump Lucene from 9.7.0 to 9.8.0 ([10276](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/10276))
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java
index 268de50340cbf..6d710bf46dab6 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java
@@ -703,7 +703,24 @@ public void extraJarFile(File from) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void user(Map<String, String> userSpec) {}
+    public void user(Map<String, String> userSpec) {
+        if (userSpec == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (userSpec.containsKey("username") && userSpec.containsKey("password")) {
+            this.credentials.get(0).put("username", userSpec.get("username"));
+            this.credentials.get(0).put("password", userSpec.get("password"));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!userSpec.containsKey("username")) {
+            LOGGER.warn("Unable to set user. userSpec must contain username.");
+        }
+        if (!userSpec.containsKey("password")) {
+            LOGGER.warn("Unable to set user. userSpec must contain password.");
+        }
+    }
 
     private void runOpenSearchBinScriptWithInput(String input, String tool, CharSequence... args) {
         if (Files.exists(getDistroDir().resolve("bin").resolve(tool)) == false